I don`t know where you get the idea that a website owner/admin can`t block any individual from accessing their site, whether to view or post, infact it is very simple if you have decent software like vBulletin, even some of the freebie phpBB forum software and it is legal.
I own a site, I require registration with an e-mail verification to post on my site because of trouble I`ve had with a certain group of nefarious internet "personalities".
My site is private property because I pay for the webhosting, registered forum name/domain, and the license to the forum software, thus I can limit or block access to anyone I want. I can make any or all areas of my forum not viewable to anyone, registered or not, and this is within my legal rights as forum owner. If however I don`t hide any portion of my forum it is public access and I would have no legal basis for the prosecution of someone VIEWING it, as in the case of a banned former member. They`re just blowing smoke up his behind with those threats.
My site is viewable by anyone but non-registered or not logged in persons cannot view attachments such as videos and photos, nor can they post. I can ban a specific IP address or a whole range of IPs immediately. I can also check registration and post IPs and see who is trying to fly under the radar by posting under another name if they were banned or compare IPs and see who has multiple identities. I can ban registration e-mail addresses all the way to the domain or ISP if I want, or even the extension such as .ru . There is more I can do all the way down to identifying who`s internet account is being used to cause me trouble but it`s rarely necessary.
The way I look at it is this, if someone wants you off their forum bad enough to ban you, why worry? Move on to somewhere that you fit better.
Some forums are notorious for getting upset if a poster strays too far off topic and it can be grounds for banning. I`m surprised that noone has thrown the "off topic" flag on this thread yet, this is one of the worst forums I know of for such reactions but it is not the admins, it`s some of the other posters.
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